AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF CRIMINAL COMPLAINT

I, Special Agent Tracy E. O'Neal, being duly sworn, depose and state as follows:

I. INTRODUCTION AND AGENT BACKGROUND

1. I am a Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives(ATF)and have been so employed since April 2004. As part of my employment as anATF Special Agent I have successfully completed the Criminal Investigator TrainingProgram at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the ATF NationalAcademy Special Agent Basic Training Program in Glynco, Georgia. Prior to thisappointment I was enrolled in graduate school through Troy State University forapproximately two years. While attending graduate school, I was working full time at theATF Norfolk, VA field office, enrolled in ATF's Student Employment Program (STEP).I am a 2002 graduate of Radford University, from which I received a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in Criminal Justice.

2. I make this affidavit in support of a criminal complaint charging Wesley Paul HADSELL("HADSELL") with being a felon in possession of ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C.§ 922(g)(1).

3. I make this affidavit from personal knowledge based on my participation in thisinvestigation, which has included witness interviews conducted by me and by other lawenforcement agents, communications with others who have personal knowledge of theevents and circumstances described herein, and information gained through my trainingand experience. Because this affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of acriminal complaint, I have not included each and every fact known concerning thisinvestigation. Rather, I have set forth only those facts that are believed to be necessary toestablish probable cause.

II. PROBABLE CAUSE

4. On March 20,2015, the Norfolk Police Department (NPD) executed a search warrant atAmericas Best Value Inn in connection to the disappearance of an individual, A.H. Hotellogs taken into custody by NPD show HADSELL had been residing in this hotel roomsince February 24, 2015, and prior NPD surveillance had also observed him at that hoteland room.

5. NPD took several items into custody during the search of the hotel room to includeapproximately 80 rounds of Geco 9mm Luger ammunition. One round was located onthe table in the hotel room in plain sight, and approximately 49 additional rounds werelocated in a box on the same table in plain sight. Approximately 30 rounds were locatedin a box in the air vent above the table in the hotel room. Also located during the search

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were courtdocuments bearing HADSELL's name and correspondence addressed toHADSELL. No other individual was listed on the hotel registry as staying in that roomon or about March 20,2015.

6. On May 11,2015, A.B. testified in the General District Court of the City ofNorfolk inthe matter of Commonwealth of Virginia v. Wesley Hadsetl, that, among other things, onenight he and another individual "went over to Wes's [HADSELL's] hotel room. He[HADSELL] asked us to drop him off because he didn't have a car at the time. So wedropped him off and he invited us over. Before we went and left, he said he had to grab abag. He said it was his bag of toys. He didn't want the cops to find out. We went backto the room. He pulled outammo. He said he had two guns, buthe kept those in the bag,put the ammo in the air vent."

7. On August 24,2015, NPD conducted forensic analysisof HADSELL's cell phonepursuant to a search warrant. On HADSELL's phone is a video of A.H. shooting whatappears to be a Glock handgun at the Norfolk County Rifle Range in Chesapeake, VA.The associated metadata showed this video was taken on 12/31/2013 at approximatelynoon. On August 25, 2015,1 spoke with a manager at the Norfolk County Rifle Range.He provided me with a portion of the sign in log book from 12/31/2013 at that rifle range,and my inspection of that document shows a "Wes Hadsell" entry, along with an A.H.entry, on that date.

8. On August 20, 2015, Special Agent Darrell Logwood, an ATF Interstate Nexus Expert,examined the ammunition seized during the March 20,2015, search warrant describedabove. SA Logwood determined that the above described ammunition was notmanufactured in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and therefore had traveled in interstateor foreign commerce.

9. Based on my investigation, HADSELL has various prior felony convictions including butnot limited to: On or about 2006 in the United States District Court, Southern District ofOhio, Bank Robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(A); on or about 1996, in JamesCity County District Court, Virginia, Statutory Burglary; on or about 1998, in DareCounty Superior Court, North Carolina, Felonious Restraint; on or about 1998, in DareCounty Superior Court, North Carolina, Breaking and Entering; and on or about 1999, inDare County Superior Court, North Carolina, Second Degree Burglary.

III. CONCLUSION

Based on the aforementioned facts, I submit that there is probable cause to believe that on orabout March 20,2015, HADSELL did possess ammunition after having been previouslyconvicted of a felony offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

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FURTHER YOUR AFFIANT SAYETH NOT.

Tracy E. O'N&lSpecial Agent, ATF

Sworn and subscribed to befori

United SlaterMag^trate JudgeDouglas E. MillerUnited States Magistrate Judge

of August 2015

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